were placed in the narrow passage between Levuka and Yanuca Lailai, to prevent contact with the new arrivals. On several occasions warning shots had to be fired to prevent seamen trying to return to the Leonidas after dropping off their passengers. Fifteen more of the new arrivals died on the island due to dysentery, diarrhoea and typhoid, leaving only 463 survivors, before they were released from the island on 9 August 1879. Early voyages of Leonidas 8 September 1866 - The 110-ton schooner was in Auckland harbour. 23 November 1870 - Leonidas called into the Bay of Islands on her way to Fiji. She departed for Fiji on 27 November with its original cargo. See also Indian indenture system Indians in Fiji Indian indenture ships to Fiji References External links Picture of Leonidas The day the Leonidas arrived in Fiji Bibliography Fiji Times, 17 May 1879 Fiji Government, The Colony of Fiji: 1874–1924, Government Printer, Suva, Fiji, 1925 B.V. Lal, Chalo Jahaji: on a Journey through Indenture in Fiji, Australian National University, Canberra, 2000 Schooners Indian indenture ships to Fiji Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom Individual sailing vessels First arrivals